Inkstand



F. LAG O INKSTAND April 17, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 17, 1946 l N VEN TOR.

FBANcIsco LAGO b .AffM/ZY F. LAGO INKSTAND April 17, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 17, 1946 IN VEN TOR. FRAN ISCO Lmzo Patented Apr. 17, 19.51

UNITED "mm INKSTAND Francisco Lago, Livingston, N. Y. Application August 17, 1946, Serial No. 691,215

1 Claim. (c1.120---4 This invention relates to a combined ash tray and ink stand.

It is an object "of the present invention to provide a combined ash tray and ink stand which not only hasutility but which is ornamental in its appearance and constructed from a hat shape body.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an ash tray which can be readily converted into an ink stand by removal or hinging over a top part of the hat shape so as to expose a removable ink well andat the same time provide a pen holder of the interior of the cover as it is inverted and hinged back.

According to the present invention, a piece of metal or other suitable material of-hat configuration is worked into such shape that its hat brim portion serves as a dish for receiving cigarette and cigar ashes. The crown in the center of the brim is split horizontally to provide a top removable portion. This removable portion ishinged.

so as to be lifted up and to the rear and adapted to be retained in an inclined position to receive and hold a pen when not in use. Within the fixed portion of the crown there is disposed a removable ink Well from which ink can be taken by the pen when it is to be used. This ink well is raised in the rear portion and has an indentation along its rear edge so that the pen when being retained in the holder is prevented from moving laterally and is accordingly steady within the holder. The ink-well is carried on two fixed trunnions and can swivel slightly fore and aft so that as the pen is wiped upon a lateral edge within the ink well there will be a slight give to the ink well and thereby render the wiping action of the pen more effective as the ink well or lateral edge will tend to adjust itself to .the inclination pended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more-particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of the combined tray and stand with the topportion closed upon the fixed crown portion when the ink is notbeing used.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional View, the. ink well being exposed and shown only partially in sec- .tion, the same being carried by its recesses at opposite sides fitted over fixed trunnions on the stationary crown portion.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the combined tray and stand with the top portion still closed a in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken through the combined tray and stand at an angle ninety degrees from the cross section of Fig. 2, whereby to show more clearly the catch which is used to hold the top portion in its closed position.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the ink well removed from the tray and stand.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational View with the top portion hinged back and a'pen resting in the top portion and upon the rear edge of the ink well.

Referring now to the figures, 52 indicates my, combined ash tray and ink stand having a turned up brim portion iii, a tall crown comprising a fixed crown portion I4 and a hinged cover 'or top portion 15. The crown in its entirety is tapered from its bottom to near a point at its top and the device l2 has the appearance of a sombrero.

The brim portion l3 by being turned up provides a space It accessible from the top and suitable for the deposit of cigarettes and their ashes. Its bottom portion 1'? provides a support therefor. Extending inwardly from the rim edges are four shelves l8 concaved to receive the sides of cigarettes and on which the cigarettes are rested when they are to be used again.

The crown portion it is hollowed out, as indicated at'l9. This hollow portion tapers from the bottom toward the top in conformity with the external face of the crown portion whereby to provide an area within the hollow portion l9 near the bottom which is wider or of greater diameter than the area at the top of the bottom crown portion where the top cover is connected. 7 Near the top of the crown portion I i, there eX' Just below thetop and at opat their top ends to provide a journal bearing support for the ink well. With the ink well so mounted, it can tilt fore and aft. This movement is helpful when a pen, indicated at 25, is brushed across the top edge of a partition wall 26 in the top of the ink Well. The bearing force, which can be applied to the pen point, is accordingly limited and if too great the well will tilt forwardly so that its bottom end will strike against the hollowed interior wall surface I9 and thus by the well becoming rigid with the crown portion M for the moment the user of the pen will be warned of his using too much wiping force in the brushing of the pen point.

The cover is retained by'a hinge 2'1 and a catch 28. When the cover I5 is closed, the catch 23 which extends along the interior surface 19, looks over an inwardly extending projection or lip 29 on the edge of the cover opposite to the hinge 21. The catch 23 is made of spring material and is anchored by a rivet 31 near the bottom of the stationary crown portion 14. An operating projection 32 is located near the upper end of the spring catch 28 and extends through a hole 33 to be accessible for operation by the user of the device. The hinge 21 may include a spring 35 so that the top portion l5 will jump open when released to the Wide open position, shown in Fig. 6.

The top of the ink well is raised at the rear and has a recess 95 adapted to receive the side of the pen so that when the pen is out of use it can be steadied by the ink well top while the pen point is located in the opened cover I5, all in the manner shown in Fig. 6. When it is again desired to use the pen it is readily accessible and can be taken from the cover and dipped again in the ink well.

, While the device has been described as providing for the insertion of an ink well it will be understood that when it is not desired to use it as an ink well, other devices such as cigarette lighters can be inserted in the crown portion in the same manner that the ink well has been inserted.

The tilting movement favors the action ferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described having a base with an open topped hollow tubular portion ex tended upward therefrom, a receptacle for containing ink positioned within the tubular portion, and a hollow cover portion closing the top of the tubular portion, said cover portion being hingedly connected to the tubular portion to be pivoted to a downwardly and rearwardly inclined position to receive the nib of a pen, said receptacle being formed at its side adjacent the point of pivotal attachment of said cover portion with an upwardly extended portion projected above the top of the tubular portion, said upwardly extended portion having a recess in its top edge, whereby when said cover portion is pivoted to its rearwardly inclined position a pen can be supported in a forwardly and upwardly inclined position with its nib resting in said cover portion and its holder resting in said recess.

FRANCISCO LAGO.

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